Conor Bateman
February 28, 2019 — By Conor Bateman

The New Monuments

A video work about Robert Smithson and 1950s sci-fi commissioned by UQ Art Museum and Monash University Museum of Art.

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“Artists like Robert Smithson, Donald Judd and Peter Hutchinson borrowed liberally from science fiction film and literature in their work. This collage treats the marvellous, seemingly indestructible, objects of mid-century science fiction cinema as artworks in their own right.”

Supported by UQ Art Museum and Monash University Museum of Art.

Screenings:

29th May, 2018 – UQ Art Museum, in conjunction with the ‘Robert Smithson: Time Crystals’ exhibition

22nd August, 2018 – Monash University Museum of Art, in conjunction with the ‘Robert Smithson: Time Crystals’ exhibition

27th March, 2022 – Golden Age Cinema, screening before The Day the Earth Stood Still as part of their series ‘Intergalactic Planetary

3rd April, 2022 – Golden Age Cinema, screening before It Came From Outer Space as part of their series ‘Intergalactic Planetary

I also made a companion video essay for this exhibition, called The Heat Death of the Universe. You can watch it here.